InuYasha Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Reunion ❯ Devoured ( Chapter 8 )

Don't own either Yu Yu Hakusho or Inu-Yasha, don't think I'd wish to own them either, to much paperwork. *wink*

 

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Kagome wandered searching. She was hearing cries behind her, cries of pain and anguish, but she couldn't let that stop her. The golden cord was leading her somewhere, the glitter compelled her to follow and follow it she did. She knew it would lead her to what she'd been searching for all this time.

 

She was stumbling down a stone corridor of some kind. She paused in her search curious. She opened the first door then slammed it shut quickly. Kagome clutched at her heart feeling the residual effect of her heart breaking. Looking up and across from her she spied another door on the other side of the hall.

 

Slowly she opened it peering in. She didn't want something like what had happened at the last door. She smiled when she looked in, opening it wider. This felt welcoming, but just as she decided to walk in she was gently pushed away. The door closed softly with the soft click of a lock being turned. She frowned, `why did it do that?'

 

Shrugging, she moved on to the next room. But now every door she tried was locked to her. She tapped her foot in exasperation. Glancing around, she stood thinking. Kagome started when she saw the delicate golden cord sliding from view. She hadn't realized how far away it had gotten.

 

She ran after it, attempting to grab it but always it was just out of reach. However she was gaining on it. Suddenly as she was just about to grab it for real this time a woman's hand closed around her wrist, preventing her from moving forward after it.

 

Looking up she gaped. Kikyo was in front of her smiling down at her kindly and shaking her head. Kikyo opened her mouth as if to say something, but was unable to as malevolent tendrils of shadow wrapped around Kikyo. They pulled the woman back into the darkness until the woman disappeared from view.

 

Kagome went back to chasing the thread. It hadn't gone far which was lucky. Then a grey wolf jumped in front of her grabbing up the thread as it ran away. Kagome sank to her knees and cried her despair. Now she would never find what she was looking for, not without the golden thread to lead her.

 

Getting up she staggered around, walking until she found herself at a fountain. She had been wandering for a very long time and her feet were sore and tired. They felt as if they were on fire. She sighed as she took her shoes and socks off. Gratefully, she slid her feet into the cool, refreshing water.

 

She splashed her feet back and forth in the water making ripples. She was getting bored. So she began to study the design of the statue before her. The statue woman was beautiful, milky-white skin, ebony hair cascading down her back to her heals like a river in itself. The woman wore jewels of gold and clothing of many colors and shades, all elegantly laid against her pale body. In one hand was a jar where the water for the fountain poured from and in the other was a flower of many petals. `Lotus…' Kagome thought entranced. `Why does she seem so familiar?'

 

Kagome heard a soft “mew” and turned to see where it was coming from. She laughed. A tiny kitten was holding a ball of yarn, a golden ball of yarn. A black shadow approached and the kitten stood between him and the yarn hissing in defiance.

 

The shadow just nudged it aside with his hand, ignoring the cat's attempts to bite him. The shadow grabbed up the golden ball and looked up. Kagome gasped as she was caught in his eyes, not able to look away, crimson eyes…

 

She screamed, suddenly they were both being forcefully torn from each other, hands grabbing and pulling. She saw the shadow struggle but it wasn't working.

 

Kagome kept being pulled back and back until the man with red eyes was out of sight. She felt herself being pushed and released. Falling into a pit of utter darkness, that's when the flames returned. She screamed…

 

Manzo was sitting on her once again tapping her face. “Wakey, wakey, you know it's not as much fun if you aren't awake to feel your death approaching.” He said in a sickeningly sweet voice. He had the knife in his hand again and was trailing it delicately up and down her body, thin lines of blood in its wake. “We have some minor inconveniences so I unfortunately don't have as much time as I'd like to torture you.”

 

Tears ran down her face it seemed like ages ago she wouldn't be able to take anymore pain and yet she was still alive. She didn't want to be though she felt her self breaking in mind as well as spirit. She'd lost her red eyes and she wouldn't be able to find him now, no one knew she was gone or where she was. Her tears and her screaming stopped as her eyes dulled, this was it. There was no Inu-Yasha to save her this time, no one to love or care for her. Maybe if she just died she'd find someone like Inu-Yasha in her next life but instead of loving someone else, they'd love her and only her. The pain that she'd been feeling for the past few hours became a part of her as if it had always been with her and always would be. She was ready.

 

Her eyes became void of everything and she just lay there staring up at Manzo. He squealed in delight seeing her eyes dull, knowing that it was he that had broken her, “You've just made me the happiest demon alive. You know that?” `It didn't even take long.' He silently congratulated himself. But then he hadn't been attacking her body. He'd been doing a direct assault on her soul and not even the strongest spiritualist could stand up to something like that for long. And he'd done his research, thoroughly, he snickered. The best part was she was powerful and had never been trained leaving her more vulnerable to this type of attack. It was her power that was being used against her, and if she'd had the training perhaps, just perhaps she would have been able to stop it, but instead her powers just amplified the pain and damage causing her to fall into this state, oh so much sooner. `The soul is such a fragile thing.'

 

Manzo began cutting Kagome's shirt and bra away from her body revealing her ample bosom. “Since you stopped screaming I'll take this away.” He reached up and cut the leather thong from her mouth. She didn't move nor blink. She lay there like a lifeless doll.

 

“You know you are very beautiful,” he whispered in her ear and then kissed her on the lips softly. One serpentine hand was holding the jeweled dagger while the other reached up to caress the curves of her body. Manzo sat up once more. “I truly regret that I don't have more time to play with you.” He raised the dagger with both hands intent on driving it straight into her heart.

 

The dungeon door opened with a loud bang.

 

 

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Hiei had felt a pull as he ran along the halls of the underground maze? He wasn't sure what to label it, but then he didn't care very much either. He found it finally, the door with her scent behind it. He also felt another presence. Manzo…

 

He kicked the door in with a loud bang there was no time to lose. The sight that lay before him sent him into a state of cold fury. He felt numb and murderous at the same time. How dare that demon touch what was his, his right arm erupted into black flames as the dragon tattoo lifted and swirled around him once before leaving Hiei to attack those in the room.

 

The dragon shot straight at Manzo whose eyes widened being faced with the dragon from the deepest pits of hell. Manzo though instead of trying to flee, just sat there with a contented grin on his face. His goal achieved he'd gotten the revenge he'd wanted. As the dragon consumed him he erupted into hysterical giggles.

 

The dragon though didn't stop there, instead of dissipating like it had done in previous battles that he'd used it in. It was attracted to the gems that were on Kagome's manacles and consumed her as well. She screamed once more and was gone.

 

The dragon started circling the room and Hiei sank to the floor. Kagome was gone, he'd killed her. The weariness that usually came from using that attack over took him and he sank into oblivion, no longer caring.

 

 

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Yuusuke, Kuwabara and Jomei had finished working off all of the demons that had swarmed them. They felt exhausted.

 

Yuusuke looked back at the others, “Come on then, let's go and see if we can help the others.” The two nodded and the three of them made their way following Kuwabara's intuition straight to Kurama and Amaya.

 

Amaya looked up at their entrance and finally Kurama seemed to snap out of the trance he'd been in. Amaya glared at Kurama, “Well about time.”

 

All four men just seemed confused, she shook her head, “Whatever, let's just find Hiei and Kagome.” Kurama got up swiftly and seeing Amaya's injury picked her up as well, she would have argued at the treatment, but honestly she knew her limits and she didn't think she'd be able to walk anywhere at the moment.

 

They felt a chill as suddenly the atmosphere changed, it started to crackle with charged energy and the mountain seemed to rumble under the strain. Kurama's eyes widened, “The black dragon…”

 

Kurama ran Amaya confused, wrapped her arms around his neck securely and the others followed. When they reached the open door they were shocked to see the black dragon circling around the room Hiei unconscious and not a single soul in sight.

 

Then something rather odd happened as the looked on. The black dragon writhed as lines of white threaded through it spiraling within the black flames of the dragon. The dragon split in to two dragons that twisted and turned as if battling for dominance, making a wheel that looked a lot like a Yin-Yang. Quite suddenly both dragons shot towards Hiei. The black one moving to rest on his arm, becoming the tattoo once more and the other was now simply circling him coming to lie atop him and faded. Like a cloud on the wind, leaving behind a torn and battered Kagome resting peacefully arms around Hiei's waist.

 

Kuwabara was the first to go to the two trying to figure out what had happened, “Kurama?” Kurama looked at his friend, still trying to piece together what had happened. “Did Hiei's dragon always have a white in it?”

 

Sure enough resting on Hiei's arm wasn't the normal black dragon, instead it had been altered. Now a strong slivery-white line framed the dragon along with white eyes and that wasn't all. As they checked Kagome over, Kuwabara covering her with his somewhat torn shirt to protect her modesty, she had a matching tattoo on her right arm as well. But, it was a white dragon with a black outline and black eyes.

 

Kuwabara looked at the others, “What does this mean?” The others remained silent.

 

 

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It hadn't taken long to get Botan to open up a portal to Reikai. Seeing their betragled state and not wanting to piss off Amaya anymore he didn't force them to report just then. Tomorrow would be soon enough for answers.

 

A second portal was opened and everyone found themselves at Genkai's. Her eyebrow twitched in annoyance. “Can't an old woman have any peace and quite any more?”

 

`Humph…Guess not, damn…' She had them follow her as she led them to different rooms within the dojo. Amaya and Jomei in one, Yuusuke, Kuwabara and Kurama in another and considering the fact that Kagome had still not released her grasp on Hiei, she gave them a third room to themselves.

 

She looked at Yuusuke and Kuwabara trying to maneuver their unconscious comrades into the third room. `That had to be difficult trying to carry two people together like that. I wonder how Hiei will react when he wakes up…These boys always do make great entertainment.'

 

 

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Do you know how much it took for me not to stop after the first and second sections? *Cackling*

 

R1 Purefire16: To first review LOL. If and when I do write fluff, I want it to be somewhat realistic. Odd thought since this entire thing takes place in an imagined world.

R2 Purefire16: Nope, the Jewel is no more. She's the seventh reincarnation after Kikyo.

 

Janomaru: I'm glad you took the time to review. There is no need to apologize, the reason I write a story is for my own enjoyment, but since others liked it so much I wrote more, faster. *shrug* Oh you have officially won the award as my harshest critic. *chuckle* Like I said last chapter I will go back and fix the fic after it is finished.

 

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